‘Political & Politicians’ Archives

Dear Editor,
I'm writing to support Larimer County Commissioner Tom Donnelly in his campaign for re-election. Donnelly has done a great job, providing great constituent services for the citizens. He goes out of his way to listen to the needs of the people. He holds monthly citizens meetings in multiple locations in his district, plus he goes to lots of public meetings. He's also provided great leadership with balancing the county budget. I would definitely recommend Tom Donnelly
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4 Pinocchios for a truncated, 14-year-old Obama clip
Just as we have not been very impressed about many of the Obama campaign’s claims about Mitt Romney’s business career many years ago, we were not initially that impressed with the Romney campaign’s effort to dredge up a 14-year-old quote to demonstrate that President Obama wants to “redistribute wealth.” The clip was so old — he was just a state senator — and the
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Right Wing Trolls Trash A Small Business — For Welcoming Obama
September 11th, 2012 10:40 pm Henry Decker
Scott Van Duzer, the Florida restauranteur who lifted President Obama off the ground in a bear hug when Obama visited his pizzeria on Sunday, thought that he was just creating a lighthearted photo-op. Unfortunately, Van Duzer underestimated how rabidly the right-wing fringe hates the president.
Republicans have organized a boycott of Big Apple Pizza because
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Oh, my god, Mitt
I'm apparently unfit
To deserve your concern
I 'm on medicare, you see,
And social security
And you may as well learn
I believe the fed
Should help 'til I'm dead
If I can't do it on my own
Government should protect me
Certainly not neglect me
None can make it alone
Not even you, for one
A wealthy man's son
Whose path was paved with green
Don't tell me that you
Had no
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Romney’s theory of the “taker class,” and why it matters
Posted by Ezra Kline
There will be plenty said about the politics of Romney’s remarks. But I want to take a moment and talk about the larger argument behind them, because this vision of a society divided between “makers” and “takers” is core to the Republican nominee’s policy agenda.
In his comments, Romney says that “these are people who pay no income tax,” but they are people “who are dependent upon
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David Corn, Washington correspondent for Mother Jones news published an article yesterday (September 17) based on a video taken at a Romeny fund raiser in May of this year. Corn appeared on the Monday Rachel Maddow Show and discussed the video and its background. Click here to go to the Rachel Maddow Show and then select the first video clip. Corn divulges a great deal of background information that is not in his Mother Jones article which follows.
SECRET VIDEO:
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The following article appeared in the September 17 edition of the Fort Collins Coloradoen. It is a short history of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado and I was struck by the similarities with the present day Tea Party. You could easily substitute "Tea Party" for "KKK" through out the article and not be far off including the jingoistic patriotism and the anti-minority or anti-other religion stance.
KKK had strong presence in Colorado
By Barbara Fleming
The Ku Klux Klan in
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Our financial elites are the new secessionists.
By Mike Lofgren
It was 1993, during congressional debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement. I was having lunch with a staffer for one of the rare Republican congressmen who opposed the policy of so-called free trade. To this day, I remember something my colleague said: “The rich elites of this country have far more in common with their counterparts in London, Paris, and Tokyo than with their fellow American citizens.”
That
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Michael Lewis's article in Vanity Fair is a must read. Lewis was given unprecedented to the president and presents a picture not often seen of a sitting president. From his basketball games to deciding to intervene in Libya, Lewis gives insight into the mind of our president. This is an incredible article giving a glimpse of what it takes to be president and the humbleness and humanity of the man who now occupies this office..
Obama's
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Why Bush, Cheney and the Neocons Failed to Protect America from al-Qaeda's Vicious Attacks
By Walter Uhler
Urgency about regime change in Iraq, rather than urgency about intelligence indicating an imminent al-Qaeda attack explains the failure of Bush, Cheney and the neocons to adequately prepare for 9/11.
NYT: White House Didn't Stop 9/11 Because It Thought "Bin Laden Was Merely Pretending To Be
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